Hill explained her decision to exit SportsCenter in a tweet last week. And on Sunday, she expanded on that new role in a TV appearance with MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on PoliticsNation.

Hill said of the departure, via NBC:

“This was definitely, 100 percent, my choice. I approached my superiors about making a change because — and maybe a lot of people probably didn’t know this, but I spent the majority of my career in print journalism. ESPN hired me, in 2006, to be a print columnist and so I often, you know, wrote commentary.

“Especially about issues revolving around race and sports, and so The Undefeated is a natural home for me. Given that it’s a site about the intersection between sports, African Americans, race, culture, it mixes all those things that I think are even more vital, now, to discuss and I wanted to do it on a platform that was deeply aligned with who as I was as a person.

“I respect a lot of the great journalists, the color that they have at this site and just so many of those in charge of it. So, it was just really an opportunity for me to do great journalism and the Sports Center is the legacy brand at ESPN, I had a great year doing the show.

“But, it was not a fit for me because ultimately I had a lot of things that I really wanted to say and wanted to express, and the Sports Center vehicle is not necessarily set up for that. So, I wanted to be on a property that was.”

Jemele Hill opens up about 'SportsCenter' departure: It was '100 percent, my choice'

Jemele Hill explained her new role in a Sunday interview.

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